Lot 221
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul, 2 vol., first octavo edition, 1827.
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul, 2 vol., first octavo edition, folding engraved map, 2 double-page lithograph plates, 27 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol.1 upper cover detached, 8vo, 1827.
⁂ The Cyrus Ghani copy with ink inscriptions dated 1951 to front free endpaper vol.1. Also bookplate and inscription of Anthony MacTier of Durris.
Description
Buckingham (James Silk) Travels in Mesopotamia. Including a Journey from Aleppo to Bagdad, by the route of Beer, Orfah, Diarbekr, Mardin, & Mousul, 2 vol., first octavo edition, folding engraved map, 2 double-page lithograph plates, 27 wood-engraved plates, contemporary half calf, rubbed, vol.1 upper cover detached, 8vo, 1827.
⁂ The Cyrus Ghani copy with ink inscriptions dated 1951 to front free endpaper vol.1. Also bookplate and inscription of Anthony MacTier of Durris.
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